By Danielle Capilla Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors Beginning in early 2016, many employers received letters from the IRS-SSA-CMS Data Match program. These letters are addressed to the employer and begin by stating that “Medicare needs your cooperation.” Employers are directed to report information on the IRS/SSA/CMS Data Match Secure Web Site (https://www.cob.cms.hhs.gov/DataMatch/). […]
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What Employers Need to Know about the IRS-SSA-CMS Data Match Program | Benefits Specialist Daly City
Transitional Reinsurance Fee Filing Date Extended to December 5 | CA Employee Benefits
Posted by Linda Rowings The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the deadline for group health plans to provide their 2014 transitional reinsurance fee (TRF) submission. Filing is now due by 11:59 p.m. on December 5, 2014. The January 15, 2015, and November 15, 2015, deadlines to pay the fee remain the same. […]
Deadline Approaching for Larger Self-Funded Health Plans To Obtain a Health Plan Identifier Number | San Francisco Employee Benefits
by Linda Rowings To meet federal requirements, large health plans must obtain a national health plan identifier number (HPID) by November 5, 2014. For this requirement, a large health plan is one with more than $5 million in annual receipts. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has said that since health plans do […]